This episode was originally released on 12/1/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes.____________In Breaking Walls episode 86, we spotlight what was on the air over the US’ major radio networks during December of 1945.Highlights:• The First Peacetime Holiday Season in Five Years Begins• Radio’s Three Main Production Hubs• Macabees• Frank Nelson, Lurene Tuttle, and Mandel Kramer• I Can’t Stand Jack Benny• Soap Operas and Kid’s Shows• NBC Dominates Sunday and Tuesday Nights• Falling Mid-Week Ratings Open the Door for CBS• Victory Bonds and Bing’s Strike• Christmas Draws Closer• Fibber, Molly, Red and Christmas Day• Dinah Shore and Groucho return Christmas Gifts• I Still Can’t Stand Jack Benny• New Year’s Eve• What Comes NextThe WallBreakers:thewallbreakers.comSubscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.To support the show:patreon.com/TheWallBreakersThe reading material used in today’s episode was:• On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning• Christmas 1945: The Greatest Celebration in American History - by Matthew Litt• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. SterlingAnd several articles from: • The New York Times• Broadcasting Magazine• Radio DailyThe InterviewsChuck Schaden was with:Mel BlancHiman BrownPhil HarrisDanny KayeBarbara LuddyMercedes McCambridgeShirley MitchellFrank NelsonOlan SouleLarry StevensLurene TuttleDon WilsonAll of Chuck’s Interviews can be found at SpeakingofRadio.comDick Bertel and Ed Corcoran were with:Jackson BeckEdgar BergenMel BlancStaats CotsworthHoward DuffJim JordanMandel KramerJan MinerAll of their interviews for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio can be found at GoldenAge-WTIC.orgSPERDVAC was withHarry BartelJack JohnstoneFor more information please go to SPERDVAC.com• Jo Stafford was with Matthew Feinstein for Jo Stafford’s “Ballad of the Blues”• Fran Carlon was with Westinghouse for their 1970 50th Anniversary Production• Bing Crosby was interviewed for Same Time, Same Station in 1972.Selected music featured in today’s episode was• Kay Starr’s The Man With The Bag• Nancy Wilson’s What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?• Bing Crosby’s White Christmas and I’ll Be Home For ChristmasThe clip of CBS’ Cimarron Tavern came courtesy of Jerry Haendiges. Visit his site at OTRsite.com. I’ve been visiting since 2002. Thank you Jerry.I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network.